John Francis Daley

Writing

John Francis Daley

Born July 20, 1985Wheeling, Illinois, USA38 credits

John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for playing high school freshman Sam Weir on the NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks and FBI criminal profiler Dr. Lance Sweets on the crime drama series Bones, for which he was nominated for a 2014 PRISM Award. He plays keyboards and sings for the band Dayplayer. Daley is also known for his collaborative work with fellow writer and director Jonathan Goldstein, working on various films together. Daley and Goldstein's first work together was co-writing the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), co-writing The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), co-story writing for Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and co-writing/co-directing (in their directing debuts) the fifth film in the National Lampoon's Vacation film series, Vacation (2015). The duo were co-writers for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) with Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers, and they co-directed the 2018 comedy Game Night and the 2023 fantasy Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Francis Daley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Mayday
2026Mayday
DirectorMovie
Hysteria!
2024Hysteria!
Executive ProducerTV
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
as Special Creature Voice (voice)Movie
W
2021Welcome to Georgia
Executive ProducerMovie
In the Dark
2019In the Dark
DirectorTV
Game Night
2018Game Night
as CarterMovie
B
2016Bottom's Butte
as Scott/Cabana BoyMovie
Vacation
2015Vacation
as Ride OperatorMovie
Drunk History
2013Drunk History
as James J. AndrewsTV
Rapture-Palooza
2013Rapture-Palooza
as Ben HouseMovie
The Finder
2012The Finder
as Lance SweetsTV
Horrible Bosses
2011Horrible Bosses
as CarterMovie
A
2011Audio Tour
DirectorMovie
5-25-77
20085-25-77
as Pat JohnsonMovie
Waiting...
2005Waiting...
as MitchMovie
Bones
2005Bones
as Lance SweetsTV
Regular Joe
2003Regular Joe
as Grant BinderTV
View from the Top
2003View from the Top
as RodneyMovie
W
2001What Babies Do
DirectorMovie
Boston Public
2000Boston Public
as Anthony WardTV
The Geena Davis Show
2000The Geena Davis Show
as Carter RyanTV
Judging Amy
1999Judging Amy
as Jace CrosbyTV
Spin City
1996Spin City
as SpencerTV
T
The Creeps
WriterMovie